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APPARATUS FOR CUTTING LARD, BUTTER, OR MARGARINE May 3, 1927.

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Application filed January 531, 1955-6, Serial. No. 52,7555, and in. tii'cut Britain January 29, 1925.

this invention relates to apparatus for cutting or sub-dividing bulk orblock lard, butter or margarine into blocks of uniform shape, size andweight.

According to the invention, the apparatus comprises a stationary basewith a longitudinally grooved upper face thereto for "placement on thecarrieigsaid pusher blocl;

being constituted by a two-part member hingedly and lockably connectedtogether, a rectangular cutter frame pivotaily connected by its legs tothe base, a plurality of cutting: wires carried by said frame anddisposed transversely of the carrier, a central and detachable cuttingwire, a paper cutter, means for locking the cutter frame in a vertical.position or at any angle either sine of the vertical, means forpreventing any upward movement of the cutter frame when in its extremeright hand position, and a scraper for smoothing, scraping or levellingthe block of lard or the like and adapted to be detachably carried bythe cutter frame aforesaid.

For a clear understanding of the invention, reference is to be had tothe following description and accompanying sheets of drawings, whereinFigure 1 is a plan view, partly in section, of the apparatus in itscollapsed condition, the scraper being removed therefrom.

Figure 2 is a side view, partly in section, of said apparatus.

Figure 3 is a side View of the apparatus in its working position readyto work, from right to left. to make the first series of cuts.

Figure 4: is a side view, partly in section, of said apparatus in itsworking position ready to work, from left to right, to make the second.series of cuts, said figure shmving also the pusher and the scraper.

Figure 5 is an end view of said Figure t Figure 6 is a perspective viewof the pusher.

Figures 7 and 8 are vertical sectional views illustrative of the centralcutter wire and the paper cutter.

Figures 11, 10 and 11 are diagrammatic views illustrative of the firstcutting movez'uent.

Figures 12, 1S and 14; are diagrannnatic views illustrative of theturning over of the block after the first cut.

Figure 15 is a diagran'n'natic view showing the cutter frame swung ov rready for the second cut, and pusher in position.

Figures 16, 17 and 18 are diagrammatic views illustrative of the secondcutting movement..

Figure 19 is a, view illustrative of a. modilication hereinafterreferred to.

In the several figures, like numerals of reference indicatecorresponding parts.

In carrying the invention into effect and referring to the drawings, toeach wall 1 of the rectangular base 2, which walls and inure constitutea groove, there is pivotally connected by its lower ends the rectangularcutter frame 3. Also, to said walls 1 and base 2, there is slidablymounted the threepart carrier 4: 1 and 5, the parts being hingedlyconnected together at 6, said parts 4-, l, which are separated from oneanother by a slit 7, being normally locked together at their outer endsby a catch 8 which is pivotally mounted by one end in a slot in one ofsaid parts 4, and by its other end engaged in a slot in the other ofsaid parts 4, said slit 7 opening into a recess 9 in the part 5 of saidthree-part carrier.

One side member of the frame 3 is pro I vided with seven, or it may bemore, equally spaced apart hooks 10, and to the other side member ofsaid frame 3, and inside thereof, there is adjustably secured bythumb-nuts and screws 11, an auxiliary bar 12 which is fitted with acorresponding number of equal- 1y spaced apart hooks 13, and with saidhooks 10 and 13 there engage the looped ends of the transverse cutterwires 14:, the arrangement being such that by drawino' the bar 12towards the SlClQhlGlIlbGl? of the frame 3, by means of the nuts andscrews 11, all said wires 14: are simultaneously tautened.

To each of the base 2 aforesaid, and at a convenient: distance from thepivots of the cutter frame 3. there is pivotally con-- uectcd the lowerend of a flat slotted lllll l5 and through the slot there passes a.screw 16 fixedly carried by the side meml'ier of the frame 3 for thepurpose of holding said frame 3 rigid when in its adjusted inclined orvertical position by means of the wing ltltl nut 17 of said screw 16,see Figures 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8.

To each side of the base 2 and at a convenient distance from the righthand end thereof, there is pivotally mounted the lower end of a fiatopenended slotted bar 18, through the slot of said bar 18 is also passedthe screw 16. so that when said bars and 18 and the side members of theframe 1:; are clamped together by means of the wing nut 17 of said screw16, said frame 3 is held rigid against any tendency to upward movementwhen making the first cut, said bars 18 being of such a length that whennot re quired, they can clear said screws 16 and be swung to restalongside the base 2, as shown in Figures 1, 2 and l of the drawings.

The scraper (or smoother) whose object is to level the top or end of theblock of fat, by the same being pushed to and fro previous to adjustingthe cutter frame, and with it the cutting wires to the height required,consists, as shown in Figures 41 and 5, of bars 19 lockable at any angleand depending from the cutter frame 3 by thumbscrews 20, and bars 21lockable at any angle to said bars 19 by thun'ib-screws 22, and a cutteror smoother 22 of metal or wood lockable by thumb-screws 2 1 at anyangle to the bars 21 aforesaid, the frame 3, when the scraper orsmoother 23 is in use, being swung to such a position and locked so thatthe cutting wires of said frame 3 will not touch the block of fat whenthe same is moved to and fro, the scraper or smoother when not required,being, as a whole, either removed or swung upwards out of the way.

In a slot 25 in the base 2 there is pivotally -mounted a. hook-shapedn'iember 26 which in normal position is horizontally flush with theunderside of the three-part board 4-, 5 so as not to lnterfere with saidboard 111 its to and fro movements, see Figures 1 and 2,

and with said hook-shaped member 26, which is provided with a cuttingedge 27, there is adapted to engage in the manner and for the purposeset forth another cutting wire.

The pusher consists of a two-part block 28, 29 of wood or other suitablematerial hingedly connected together, as shown in Figure 6, and lockedwhen in upright position by means of a turnbntton 30 mounted in theupper part of a recess 31 formed in saidtwo parts 28, 29, suitable stops32 being provided to limit the movement of said turnbutton 30, part 29of said two-part block 28, 29 being provided with projections 38 adaptedto take in slots 34. positions, as shown in Figure 1, between the hinges6, G which hinge the parts 4, 1 to the part 5 of the three-part board.

The slots 3st are constituted by the spaces between each pair of hinges8, (3 and the plates 6 which extend right across the ends of and securedto the parts 4;, 4 and 5 of the three-part board, as shown in Figure 1of the drawings, and ensure the rigid holding of the pusher block 28, 29when the projections 33 of said pusher block are in said slots 3 1, thisarrangement not only allowing of the reversal of the pusher block butalso preventing the wearing of said pro jections and the edges of tlIQIM'H't-S of the three-part board which would obtain if said edges werenot protected by the plates 6 In use, and when working from left toright, a block 35 of lard, say 28 lbs. weight, and cleaned of its usualwrapper except at the end nearest to, and touching the pusher board, andthe side, or bottom, upon which it lies on the pusher board is madeready for cutting. The paper at the bottom is cut away by the hookedknife, and that on the end falls away when the pusher board iswithdrawn. The block is placed longways up on. the two-part -1t, 1 ofsaid board, and is scraped or smoothed by pushing or pulliug said boardto and fro under the scraper 23, which is then either removed. or swungout of the way. and if it is to be a seven-cut, then the seventh oruppermost wire 14 of the frame 3 is brought level with the top of saidblock 35 by swinging the frame 3 to the right of the perpendicular, asin Figures 3 and 9, said frame 3 and the side bars 15 and 18 being thenlocked in such position by tightening up the wing nuts 17 of the screws16, thus holding said frame 3 and bars 15 and 18 rigidly together andany tendency of the frame to move upward prevented.

The two-part pusher board 28, 29 is, by its projections 38, inserted inthe slots 34; formed between the hinges 6 on the board 4, 1 and 5, andthe actual space between said boards, and close up against the block oflard 35, as shown in Figure 9.

The operators hand is then placed against the back of the pusher block28. 29 and the whole as far as possible pushed through the wires 14: ofthe cutter frame. This will be till the top of the pusher block 28. 29is up to a wire 11, whereupon the button 3 of the pusher block 28. 29 isturned so that the part 28 of said pusher block 28, 29 can be turneddown, as shown in Figure 10. The push is then continued till the part 29of said pusher block 28. 29 is up to another wire 14, whereupon saidpusher block v28, 29 is taken out, folded andthen laid flat. as shown inFigure 11, and the final cut is then made by pushing the block clear ofthe lowermost wire, as shown in dot-anddash lines Figure 3, and indiagram Figure 12, with the result that there obtains seven cuts of fourpounds each. 1

The carrier board 1, 5 and with it the block 35 is then drawn clear ofthe cutter frame 3,the pusher block 28, 29 is then removed and the partsor sections of the board 1, 5 are lifted up on their hinges (5 to aposition at right angles to one another, so that the block 3; on itslong-way up is cradled therebetweei'i, as shown in diaqram Figure 13,whereupon the whole is carefully swung over so that the board 5 is flaton the base 2, block 35 resting by its long side on said board 5 withthe cuts made stand ing in vertical position. as shown in Figs ure 1.4.

The board 4. t is then turned down. and the two-part pusher block 28..29 is then fixed in position on the board ant. against the block 35 inan uprig'l'it position by in serting the projections 33 of said pusherblock 28. 29 into the slots 34-. oiv the board 4. 5, said parts 28. 29being locked together in upright position by means of the turnbutton 30.

The wing; nuts 17 ot' the screws 16 are then slaekened and the frame 3and with it the slotted bars 15 are swung to the left of: theperpendicular, the slotted side bars 18 slinping the screws 16 to bringthe fourth wire 14 of the frame 3 level with the top of the block 35, asshown in l igz'u'res -land l5. whereupon the frame is locked in suchposition.

The operators hand is then placed against the pusher block 28. 29 andthe boar and with it the block 35. is then p shed alone; the groovedbase 2 till it meets the third wire 14. making a Full first cut and partsecond and third cuts. as in Figure 16. whereupon the turnbutton 30 isturned to allow the top part 28 ot the pusher block 28, 29 to be turneddown against the part 29 of said pusher block. as in said Figure 16. andthe board. and with it the block is then pushed along till the part 29ot the pusher block comes against the second wire makingfull the secondout and increasing; the third cut. as in Figure 17. whereupon the pusherblock 28, 29 is removed and then placed. folded up, flat on the boardand against the block 35 with the tongues extended rearwardly, and theboard is then further pushed along till the first wire of the frame 3has completed the third cut, the pusher block passingbeneath said wire,as shown in Figures 4 and 18. cutting the block 35 into twenty-eightpound blocks.

Although the apparatus has been de scribed as working from right toleft. it can be equally well worked from left to right, the position 01the cutter frame beingaltered accordingly. but it cannot be worked insuch manner it a central cut is required.

. It halt-pounds, or dei'unninations of these are required. then thelocking catch. 8 is swung open. The cutter frame is temporarily lockedin vertical position, as shown in Figures 7 and 8: the hooked knife 26is raised into a verticalv position in the recess ot the base :2 by den'essingthe tail of said hooked knife 26, said tail end engaging saidrecess against a stop 25 located in to maintain the hooked-kinil'c 26 inupright position when raisedv To the hook of said knife 26 is :tlixcdone end of a spare wire 3b which. by its other end is a llllXQd to thehooked end of a screw 31' passcd through the top i'ueinl'ier of thel'raine I? and centrally on said top member. the wire so being tautenedby means oi a wing nut 38 screwed down. said screw and against said topmemher (it said trame.

The block 35. with the usual paper wrap per left on the lower side only,is made central. on the board l. 4; and the frame ll is swung over tillthe fourth wire thereof is level with the top of the block 35 on itsfiat side and the traine 3 is then locked in such position. The pusherblock 28, 2Q is then reversed in the slots Ell, and. using the pusherblock 28, in the manner previously described. thc block 35 is pushedthrough the frame 3. resulting in litty-six approximately true cuts ofhalf a. pound each.

it is n'c'lferaliile to work from left to right and with the block 335on its long end, as it is better to .tinish up with the greater numberof cuts as there might be some risk ot a number of pieces of lardfalling apart during the turning over movement of the block 35 and themachine is so designed that the centre out can only be made from oneside. the right to left. The knife edge 2'? meets and cuts the paperunder block 35 only that one way, as well as the frame El being swung tothe left causes the wire 36 to work from the axis of the cutter 26, thewire 36 following the inclination of the frame.

The central cuts having been made, and when the block clear of the frame3, the central. wire 36 is taken oil by easing first the top hook 237and unhooking said wire 36 from the cutter 7 through the hole 9 in theboard 4-. 5. and by simply pushing the board and with it the block 35further along, said cutter 27 is auton'iatically depressed by the boardinto its recess 2) in the base 2. The catch piece 8 is then swung backinto its normal position. closing the slit 7 between. the parts 4;. l ofthe board 4, 5, making said board as one again on which the whole outblock still rests.

T he centre wirc may be attached in 36, when not required,

to the base 2 of the apparatus.

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lllf) any (,OllVGlllGllll llltllllltil' blocks of lard or the like, intoblocks oi uniform size and weight, said apparatus consisting of astatumary grooved base, a threepart board with the members lnngredlyconnected togetl'ier, and shdabt mounted in said grooved base, slotstmrnied between the hinges which connect the members of the board apusher block provided with projections for insertion into said slots, acutter frame pivotally connected. to the walls oi? the groove of thebase, horizontal cutting wires carried by said itran'ic, means 't'ortautening said wire means for supporting and locking said frame inadjusted position either side of the perpendicular, nwans for supportingand locking said frame and said siu'iporting means when in their extremeright hand position, and n ans itor scraping or smoothing the blocltprior to the cutting or sub-dividin; thereof.

2. Apparatus as claimed by claim 1, char acterized in thatthe pusherblock consists of twomembers hingedly connected together, said membersbeing recessed adjacent their hinged edges, a vturnbutton on one facepositioned in said recess and adapted to span said hinged edges so thatwhen said turnbutton disengaged, one member of said block may be swungdown flat against the other, and when engaged, holds said membersrigidly together. one of said members being titted with projections forthe purpose set forth.

3. Apparatus as clain'ied by cl-aiin l, char-' :eterized in that thescraping or smoothing means consist of an articulated adjustable andloclndzle framework adapted to be adlittfrliii'lblff and loehablv anddetachably supported from the cutter trame and titted with a smoothingblade.

l. Apptratue ('8 claimed by claim 1., characterized in that theadjustable and supportii'ig and locking means for the cutter 'trameconsist of oppositely disposed closed ended slotted bars pivotallymounted on the walls of the groove of the base and at a con renie" tpoint to the lett of the pivots of said cutter trams, and oppositelydisposed openended slotted bars pivotally mounted on the wall ol thegroove oi the base and at a convenient point to the right of the pivotsof the cutter frame, and screws with wing vnuts carried by the sidemembers of the cutter frame to lock the parts together, said openelutedslotted bars being of such a length as to clear the screws aforesaid andbe swung down alongside the ba e when said cutter frame and closed endedslotted bars are swung to the left of the perpendicular.

In testimony whereof I have a'iiixed my signature hereto this 7th day ofJ anuary,

